| 单词 | acoustic coupler |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacoustic coupler e. In full acoustic coupler. A modem for converting digital signals from a computer into an audible sound signal and vice versa so that they can be transmitted and received over telephone lines; spec. a sound-absorbent cradle, incorporating a microphone and loudspeaker, into which a telephone handset is placed. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > modem dataset1958 modem1958 coupler1968 internal modem1979 society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > modulation > modulator modulator1919 pulse modulator1952 modem1958 coupler1968 1968 N.Y. Times 26 June 70 Each client will get a portable teletype and a thing called an ‘acoustic data coupler’ that allows the teletype to send messages to a computer over any old telephone. 1969 Mechanised Accounting Oct. 9/1 The Post Office has agreed to the introduction of suitably approved acoustic couplers, devices capable of turning almost any modern telephone into a data transmission terminal. 1978 Pract. Computing July–Aug. 56/2 The coupler converts pulses of sound. 1984 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 16/4 Comtec Data Systems is selling the machine and acoustic coupler (on which you rest the telephone handset for communications) as a package in a handsome briefcase for £397. < as lemmas |
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